KENOSHA, Wis. – After overcoming a 13-point deficit to tie Wisconsin-Parkside seven minutes into the second half, the Rangers answered back with a run of their own to hand Missouri S&T its first loss in Great Lakes Valley Conference play Thursday night by a count of 89-69.

The loss ended the Miners' longest winning streak in 12 seasons at six games and dropped them into a four-way tie for the GLVC West Division lead at 3-1.  S&T is now 7-6 overall, while UW-Parkside improved to 9-2 overall and 2-1 in GLVC play with its fifth straight victory.

S&T trailed 49-36 at halftime after a surge by the Rangers to end the first half, but the Miners opened the second half by scoring the first eight points to draw to within five.  Desmond Buerge (Carthage, Mo./Carthage)'s fast break lay-in got the margin down to five just over two minutes into play after the break.

The Miners stayed close, then got within three after Zach Ellis (St. Louis, Mo./Whitfield School) drained a three-pointer at the 14:38 mark.  After B.J. McLaughlin (Florissant, Mo./Hazelwood Central) made one of two at the line, Danylo Zuikov (Kiev, Ukraine/LaLumiere School) hit a jumper in the lane with 12:53 to play to draw the Miners even with the Rangers at 53.

But after the Zuikov basket, Jake Verhagen hit an open three-pointer out of the corner on Parkside's next trip down the floor to put it back in front for good.  Verhagen's trey started a 10-1 spurt, capped by a lay-up by Jalen Currie, which gave the Rangers a nine-point lead again in just under three minutes.

From there, the Rangers gradually pushed the lead out as they used another 10-2 burst to go up by 18 and eventually to its final margin of 20 in the final minutes.

The Miners shot 51.6 percent in the first half, but the Rangers were even better at 60.7 in the first 20 minutes behind the play of Andy Mazurczak.  UW-Parkside's senior guard scored 16 of his game-high 27 points in the first half and ended up going 10-of-11 from the field with nine rebounds and four assists to boot.

Mazurczak was one of five Rangers in double figures, as they also got 15 points from Chavares Flanigan and 13 from Verhagen.

McLaughlin was the lone Miner in double figures Thursday with 21 points in a game where S&T shot 49.1 percent but was outrebounded by 12.  S&T, who came into the game ranked second in Division II in offensive rebounds per game, had only six in the contest.

The Miners did hold the Rangers to just six-of-21 from three-point range after UW-Parkside entered the game ranked fourth in the nation in three-point shooting.

Missouri S&T returns to action Saturday when it faces Lewis in a 3 p.m. contest in Romeoville, Ill.